Suspensory pouch



(No Model.) Y J A. BAUER -& T. W. HEINEMANN.

SUSPENSORY POUCH.

Patented Mar. 13; 1894..

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' UNITED STATES ALECK BAUER AND THEODORE W.

PATENT OFFICE.

HEINEMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUSPENSORY POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,258, dated March13, 1 894.

Application filed April 11, 1893- Serial No. 469,951- (No model.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALEOK BAUER and THEODORE W. HEINEMANN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inSuspensory Pouches; and We declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the inventron, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanylng drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

Our invention has for its object the productwo of a suspensory pouch andits accompanying devices for engaging it to the wearer, which shall beso constructed that it is suspended and held in position by but a singlestrap which is substituted for the two or three straps now employed andwhich shall be read ily engageable to and detachable from the pouch, atthe will of the wearer.

The invention consists in a combination of devices and applianceshereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a suspensory embodyingour invention. Fig. 2 is a detail illustrating a variation.

In carrying out our invention, A represents a suspensory pouch of anydesired construction. Upon the lower rear, or posterior edge is a loopB, while at each end of the top piece 0 is a loop as at DD'.

E is a strap preferably constructed of elastic material, provided on oneend with a buckle c. As will be seen, this strap together with the loopsthrough which it passes, formsthe sole support for the pouch. It is ofcourse immaterial where the two ends of the strap join each other but,following the strap as shown in Fig. 1 it passes first through the loopD, thence back around the leg of the wearer as at e, thence through theloop B, thence around the other leg as at 6 through the loop D, thenceback around the body as at e and is joined to the other end, preferablyby buckling. The posterior portion of the pouch is thus held in positionby the portions ee of the strap, while the front of the pouch is held inposition by the portion a passing around the body.

Many advantages-are gained by providing the pouch with the loops 'BD-Dand supporting it by a single strap passing loosely through the loops.portion of the strap bind too tightly the other portions will yield,thus preventing the novice from making too tight an adjustment of anyone part and in that way prejudice him against the use of suspensories.Should any unusual strain be thrown on one portion by virtue of anunusual position of the wearer, the strain will be met by all theportions of the strap coacting. Again it is quickly adjusted since thereis but the single buckle. By virtue of the ready detachability, thestrap can be easily taken from the pouch when the latter is to bewashed. This is a great advantage since the strap can be made of elasticmaterial and the latter not be spoiled by contact with the water, Againthe strap being easily attached by the wearer, a new strap can bepurchased and attached when the old one wears out, thus prolonging thelife of the suspensory very materially. Again there being but a singlestrap another difficulty heretofore encountered by manufacturers isobviated. That is the fact that where two or three sustaining straps areemployed, it has been necessary either to make each one sufficientlylong to fit the maximum sized person or to have the objection raisedthat some one of the straps is too short.

' While We have in Fig. 1 shown the strap slipping freely through eachof the loops B- DD and the ends joined together at the side, yet it isobvious that for one of the loops DD might be substituted two buckles ortheir equivalents FF, one to receive each end of the strap, as shown inFig. 2, and we would be understood as contemplating by our invention,such a construction. Again should either of the buckles F, F bedispensed with and the end of the strap engaged therewith be permanentlyattached to the pouch, such a construction would obviously come withinthe scope of our invention. Again, while we have shown the loops BDD'made of metal and while we prefer to use this form of a loop, yet it isobvious that a cloth loop, or a slot in the top piece, or any one ofmany different forms of loops might be employed without deliesessentially in providing the pouch with three points of engagement for asingle sup- For instance should one.

parting from the spirit of our invention,'which porting strap, at leasttwo of said three points enabling the strap to slip freely through themin either direction.

What we claim is 1. The combinationwith a suspensory pouch of thesupporting strap engaged to the pouch at three points, at least two ofthe engaging devices being loops through which the strap can move freelyin either direction, substantially as described.

2. A suspensory pouch provided adjacent to its posterior edge with aloop and provided on its upper edge with two loops, one adjacent to eachend, all said loops being adapted to receive the supporting strap, andallow the

